The Scottish Budget has passed its first hurdle with backing from the Lib Dems, Greens, and Alba, while Labour abstained. The deal includes a ...

THE illusion that Britain is a democracy was completely shattered by the result of the General Election. We now have a government with a ...

Nicola Sturgeon called for Scotland to have some form of formal mechanism to allow the country to hold an independence referendum such as ...

Coverage of questions to Keir Starmer, the prime minister, on Wednesday 5 February.